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| Scorpion |
A scorpion is a small animal with a long and narrow tail that has
a poisonous sting at the tip of it.
Scorpions are not insects. They
are related to spiders. They
live mostly in the warm, dry parts of the world and range in size from
yellowish-colored half-inch creatures to shiny black scorpions seven inches
long.
The scorpion is armed with powerful pincers, like the claws of a
crab. When the scorpion
walks, it carries its tail arched over its back so that the sharp sting is in
position to strike.
When the scorpion is ready to kill, it seizes its prey in its
pincers and plunges its stinger into the creature it is holding. The poison will kill the spiders and other small creatures on
which the scorpion feeds.
Only the sting of certain kinds of scorpions, is dangerous to man. Oddly enough, the scorpion is unharmed by its own poison but two
scorpions are likely to sting each other to death. - Dick Rogers
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